gwanur

noun. kinsman, kinswoman

A noun in The Etymologies of the 1930s for “kinsman” derived from ON. wanūro < ᴹ✶wanōrō (Ety/NŌ, TOR) also used of a “kinswoman” due to blending with feminine ON. wanūre (Ety/THEL). In Tolkien’s later writings the similarly formed gwanûr meant “twin-birth” referring to a pair of twins as in Haudh in Gwanûr “Grave-mound of the Twins” (LotR/1054; PE23/140), but I think the two words can coexist, distinguished by the long vowel in the final syllable and the fact that gwanûr “twins” is plural as opposed to singular gwanur “kinsman/woman” (vs. plural ✱gwanyr “kinsmen”).

gwanur

noun. a pair of twins

gwanur

noun. brother or kinsman, kinswoman

bess

noun. (young) woman

bess

noun. wife

dess

noun. young woman

dî

noun. woman, lady